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.lOl-IN L. .IANEWAY, OF FLEMINGTON, NEW JERSEY.

Letters Patent No. 75,276, 'lated M'arelt 10, 1868.

IMPROVEMENT IN GATES.

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Be it known that I, JoHN L. JANnwAY, of Flemington, Hunterdon county,inth'e State of New Jersey,

have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Gates, and I dohereby declare that the following is afull and exact descriptionthereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, making partof this application. l

MyA invention relates to certain new and useful improvements inornamental gates for gardens.

Previous `'to my invention, it has.l been customary, in hanging thegates of paling and other ornamental fences, to arrange them to swing onhinges, and, where the gateway was intended for a carriage to pass, the4gate has generally been made in two parts, because ofthe tendency of abroad gateto sag and get out of place, and

even where narrow gates have been so hung on hinges, they have beenfound to be very liable to get out of order, Numerous improvements havebeen suggested and patented 'to overcome these diiculties in farm-gates,which are formed of rails running horizontally, among which may be founda plan or mode of operation which I proa pose to adopt in my improvedornamental gate, viz, that of Vso arrauging'and constructing the gateand its appendages that it can be slid along horizontally, until itsWeight becomes about balanced ou the supporting points, and then beturned or swivelled as 'upon pivots or hinges.

` My invention consists in the combined arrangement of an ornamentalgate with the swiveiling or turningdevice and posts, in such manner thatthe gate may be slid along horizontally and then turned round, all a'shereinafter more fullyexplained. p A

To enable those skilled in the art to make and use my improvements, Iwill proceedl to describe more fully the construction and operation ofone of my improved gates, referring by letters to the accompanyingdrawings, in Which- Y p Figure 1 is a front elevation, showing the gatepartially open, (and closed in red lines.)

Figure 2 is a top view of thesame, with the gate entirely open.

Figure 3 isa horizontal-section at z z, fig. 1; and v Figure 4 aredetail views, showing construction of bearing-rails ands-Wivelling-pulleys. In the several figures the same parts are-denotedby the same letters of reference. v v A A are the side posts of thegateway, and B is the gate, which may be made ofthe design shown, or anyother ornamental pattern; C is a vertical swivel-bar, which may bepivoted atd e, as shown, or otherwise so arranged as to turn freely onits vertical axis. On this bait C are arranged two (or more) wheels, or4small retatory disks, fg, in such a manner as to turn freely on theiraxesand so located as to be in Contact at their. peripheries'with thelowerfaces of the horizontal braces'orirail-bars h t' of the gate, andto support or sustain partially the'weight of lthe latter. At the lowerportion of the gate are arranged twoorpmo're easter-wheels m m, whichturn freely onl their pivots, and bear upon theground or (if deemedexpedient to use one) the sill of the gateway.

'lhe operation of my improved gate may be thus explained: Supposing thcgate to be closed, by pushing the gate in the direction indicated by thearrow, 'g. 1, it may be slid back until it will about balance on thepivoted rolls fg, as shown at fig. I, when it may be swivelled or swunground into'the position seen at iig. 2, lin which lattermevement thegate c, disks f, and bar C all turn together on the pivots d e. It willbe seen Vthat,'hy making the gate and its appendages as described, andarranging the whole to operate as set forth, the

gate may be made iight and strong enough, without anydanger ofderangement or liability of sagging or straina ing of the hinge portionsor devices.

In lieu of making the rails L z' simply grooved on their` lower faces toaccommodate the peripheries or bearing-surfaces of the disks, they maybe provid-ed with metallic ways, as shown at g. 4, and the rotatorydisks may be adapted, as shown, to said ways. By making such ways," thegate may be made to run-easier, and the whole apparatus be rendered moreeiiicient and durable. Where there is no sill to the gateway, and

the caster-wheels m m run on the ground, they should be made suiicientlylarge, and beso hung in the gate as` to insure the free running of thegate over any irregularities of the grounds surface. l

I am aware that farm-gates have been so constructed and arranged as toslide and then-turn, as,fo1

instance; as described and shown n'Letters lPatent granted to 'Elijah`Kemper, June 24, 1862. I- do not,

therefore, wish to'be understood as making my -laiinlofiuventionto coverthisinethodof*construction'or mode of operation. I am not aware,however, that, pijevious to -my invention, any adaptation of this Amodeof operetion in farm-gates has been made-to pling' orrix'amuentelu'gates.

Wht I therefore claim as new, and'desir'e tojsecui'e, by"LetterstPa-tent, is- I flhecontixxued ariangement o'f ain ornamental ergaren-gate B-wth the stetionary posts .A A, s'wivebbm C, pivoted disksfg, md caster-rolls 'm m, the ywhole'consstrueted. and operating asdescribed for th'eupurpesesset forth. I

In' testimony whereof", I have hereunto set iyfhandand-.seufh this31stday of December 1867.

' JNO. L. JANE'WAY. [n sg Witnesses:

WM. E. BISHOP, J. N1 'McIN'rmm

